Hand-car



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H. T. STOCK.

7 HAND GAR. 110.261.966. M P tented Aug. 1, 1882..

INVENTEIH- @/M@. m (ya/ a Be it known that LHosna T. S'rocK, Toledo,Lucas county,0hio, have invented cer-' UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. iitosna T. sroomor'rroLnno, OHIO.

HAND-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,966, dated August1, 1882.

Application filed May 20, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

tain new and useful Improvements in Railroad Velocipedes or Hand-(Jars,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the form and manner of construction of railroadvelocipedes and hand-cars and the various parts thereof; and the objectsof my invention are, first, by means of the arrangement of thedriving-wheels so as to operate independently of each other on shortindependent shafts or axles, to afl'ord space for the operator midwaybetween the driving-wheels,permitting the use of as large driving-wheelsas may be desired, thus securing means of easy and rapid propulsion,absence of gearing, and lightness and simplicity of parts; second, toprovide such independent driving-wheels with suitable journals andbearings, constructed ashereinafter described, so as toobviate thenecessity for axles which I extend across the entire width ofthemachine,

leaving sufficient room for the operator and. providing for duestiffness ofthemachine; and, third, to provide such machine withadjustable. detachable extra seats, in connection with detachablehand-levers having rods connected with the cranks of the machine, soarranged as to enable an occupant of such extra seat to assist inpropelling the machine. I attain these objects by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, which are made part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a side view of my device, and Fig.2 is a top view and plan of the same, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectionin detail through the center of the journal of one of thedrivingwheels.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several figures.

My device, as illustrated, is of the fourwheeled class of velocipedes orrailroad handcars,though theim provements-herein described mayobviously, with a modification of the frame of the machine, be appliedto the three-wheeled kind as well. Y The two forward wheels are thedriving-wheels, the operator having his seat midway between the two andbelow and back of their center, and propelling the same by means ofhand-cranks. In order to give the device is composed of light iron barsor ga'spipe, the whole being made as light as consistent with strengthand durability.

A A are the driving-wheels, provided with hand-crank B.

U isthe forward brace or tie-piece, reaching across the front part ofthe machine, bent, as shown in Fig. 3, to permit the revolution of crankB.

cis a hollow or tubular axle, firmly secured to cross-piece G, andprovided with shoulder d.

a is the hub of wheel A, the bore of which receives the tubular axle c,the inner end of said hub touching shoulder at.

b is a spindle revolving inside the tubular axle c, and having attachedto its inner end the crank B, and being made fast at its outer end tohub a. The spindle b may be attached to hub a by means of a nut andscrew, as shown in Fig. 3, or preferably by means of a square headforged upon the outer end of the spindle b and countersunk into a squarerecess in the outer end of hub a, as shown in Fig. 1, the tubular axlebeing first slipped into the inner end of hub a, and the spindle b thenbeing introduced into the tubular axle c from its outer end, so that thesquare head of the spindle fits and countersinks into the square recessprepared to receive it in the outer end of the hub a. The crank 13 isthen keyed to the inner end of spindle b, as shown in Fig. 3. Unduelateral motion of the wheel inwardly is prevented by shoulder (I, andoutwardly by the contact of the crank against the inner end of tubularaxle 0. Upon the hand-crank B being turned the spindle b revolves insidethe tubular axle c, and communicates motion to wheel A, the hub of whichrevolves upon the outside of axle c. The two driving-wheels, be-

ing thus mounted independently of each other, may be propelled with thehandles of the cranks in line with each other or otherwise, at

the will of the operator, so that he may rest,

it are rods,connectingleversE E with crank I B or equivalent cranks orwrists on the outside of wheels A.

In practice the rods i i should be curved to permit free action of thearms of the occupant of the front seat. By this arrangement a passengerin the extra seat-holding the handles of the levers in his hands may, bymoving the levers back and forth, assistin the propelling of thedriving-wheels. These. extra seats, le-

' vers, and rods may readily and easily be deand described, for thetached. If desired, the extra seat may be made to extend across theentire width of the machine, so that more than one person may occupy thesame. In such case a cross-bar should connect the upright levers E E, sothat thereby all may assist in propelling the car, and in largermachines, if additional seats are added, additional upright levers,connecting-rods,and cross-bars may be added for the purpose described.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In a railroad velocipedeor hand-car, the combination of drivingwheelA, crank B, spindle b, tubular axle 0, and hub a, said spindle revolvinginside of said axle a, and said hub revolving on the outside of saidaxle c, substantially as shown and described, for the purposesspecified.

2. In a railroad velocipede or hand-car, the combination of theauxiliary detachable levers E E and rods '5 i with hand-cranks B B anddriving-wheels A A, substantially as shown purposes specified. HOSEA T.STOCK; Witnesses:

W. H. HARRIS, HALLIE W. BROWN.

